HELLO GRENADA

                                                    Tyrell House, H.A. Blaize Street,                                                          St. George’s, Grenada.                                  Phone: 473 409 1621     E-Mail: ndclive@gmail.com Thursday, 15 May 2014 His Excellency José Miguel Insulza Salinas   Secretary General Organization of American States (OAS) 17 th   Street and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC  20006-4499 United States of America                                                 VIA REGULAR MAIL AND E-MAIL TO:jinsulza@oas.org Your Excellency: Re: State Sponsored Attack on Democracy and Democratic Institutions in Grenada I write to you in my capacity as Political Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the main opposition party in Grenada (which secured 41 percent of the popular vote in the last general elections), to bring to your attention some recent developments taking place in our country that threaten the ve

 Local historian and politician, George Brian, gave the title “Island of Conflict” to his much acclaimed book about the history of the Grenada. In that book, he traced the historic evolution of the country as a saga of rebellion and conflict. The much vaunted mass suicide of indigenous Indian population in the face of an offensive by the French is probably the most bold- faced concoction that parades as history. He then chronicled the Fedon Rebellion in the 1790’s and the 1951 struggles of rural workers led by Eric Gairy. The turbulent 1970’s with the attainment of Independence, Black Power struggles, and the rise of the New Jewel Movement added more credence to the assertion that Grenadians are by “nature” rebellious. However, since the return to office of the New National Party (NNP) in February 2013, one gets an uncanny feeling that the spirit of resistance and rebellion among the people has diminished. The process through which the Electronics Crimes Bill was enacted into law